About This School

Jacks Valley Elementary School is located in Carson City, NV and is one of 7 elementary schools in Douglas County School District. It is a public school that serves 511 students in grades PK-6. See Jacks Valley Elementary School's test results to learn more about school performance.

In 2011, Jacks Valley Elementary School had 18 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Nevada average is 20 students per full-time equivalent teacher.

Grade 3 Reading Performance

Jacks Valley Elementary School Reviews

By Sunni Heinrichs, a Parent on May 25, 2011

My son has gone to this school for three years and had the best time of his lifel. My son was an honor student and was always pushed to his limit in accademics. The staff gives and requires respect from all students. Besides having the most kid freindly teachers, principal, and counselor, Jacks Valley has so much more to offer. It has the best technology in all Norther Nevada Schools (thanks to the huge donation from "Big George Adventure." The counselor has two bullying programs: Safe School Ambassadors ( for 4th-6th graders) and Bully Blockers (for the Kindergarten thru 3 graders.) It also helps that they have very good yard duty women. JVES has a running school program where the whole school gets together and runs about 8 times a year. I can't say enough about the principal. Mrs. Gilmartin can take bitter lemons from what is thrown at her and makes sweet ice cold lemonade. Yes, we are on the watch list, but if you see where we tested low, you will understand why. The teachers have gone above the call of duty to get test scores up. I feel the test scores are low because of lack of parents involvement in there childs education and the teachers hands are tied. We will miss this school very much.

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Test Scores

About the CRT

The Criterion-Referenced Test (CRT) are annual tests used to measure a student's mastery of the state's grade-level academic standards.

Which Grades and Subjects?

Students are assessed in reading and math in grades 3 through 8.

How is it Scored?

Students are scored at four levels: emergent/developing, approaches standard, meets standard, or exceeds standard. The goal is for all students to score at or above the proficient level.

About the NAWE

What is it?

The Nevada Analytic Writing Examination (NAWE) is an annual test used to measure a student's mastery of the state's grade-level academic standards.

Which Grades and Subjects?

Students are assessed in writing in grades 5 and 8.

How is it Scored?

Students are scored at four levels: emergent/developing, approaches standard, meets standard or exceeds standard. The goal is for all students to score at or above the proficient level.

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TestRating8 out of 10

The Education.com TestRating is a number (1-10) calculated by Education.com that provides an overview of a school’s test performance for a given year, by comparing the school’s state standardized test results to those of other schools in the same state. For Nevada, the TestRating is calculated using a school's 2007 HSPE Results and CRT Results for all subjects tested.more...